"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
i can see a white blouse hanging on window cill a naked body on the bed
i can see a candle burning, wax dripping, bible burning woman that i once called friend
don't you bleat out an apology, you'll always be a liar to me
i can see a black faced woman with a baby saying maybe you should stay down here
i can see a shit faced brother that i covered for what must have been the last 10 years
i could tell she wasn't lying, you were lying with a lion up there
i could tell you that i saw you but i couldn't make up the stairs
i can see a heart sized hole inside the ocean where I'm pondering a mid night swim
i can see a heart sized hole inside the bottle where I'm pondering a mid night swim
i could tell you i was dying but you wouldn't know for 3 more years
i could tell you i was dying but you wouldn't know for 3 more years
i can see a candle burning, wax dripping, bible burning woman that i once called friend
don't you bleat out an apology, you'll always be a liar to me
i can see a black faced woman with a baby saying maybe you should stay down here
i can see a shit faced brother that i covered for what must have been the last 10 years
i could tell she wasn't lying, you were lying with a lion up there
i could tell you that i saw you but i couldn't make up the stairs
i can see a heart sized hole inside the ocean where I'm pondering a mid night swim
i can see a heart sized hole inside the bottle where I'm pondering a mid night swim
i could tell you i was dying but you wouldn't know for 3 more years
i could tell you i was dying but you wouldn't know for 3 more years
Lyrics submitted by measure3three, edited by Mellow_Harsher, HWombat
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I think it's actually "don't you lay out an apology, you'll always be a liar to me." yeah?
correct
no. it's: "don't you BLEED out an apology, you'll always be a LIAR to me."
god, simply love simply love the meaning is obvious; hes at sea and thinking of when he caught his wife
don't you bleed out an apology, you'll always be a robber to me<br /> <br /> "it's you'll always be a liar to me"<br /> <br /> <br /> beautiful song, one of my favorite.
i agree with those who said its 'don't you bleed out an apology, you'll always be a liar to me."
its about him being out to sea, and missing his 'loved' ones, who turned on him. his brother sleeping with his wife. that sort of thing. being betrayed while he's out sailing.
the first verse is about someone turning on him, whether it be his wife, or another woman who was just a friend.
i can see a shit faced brother that i covered for what must have been the last 10 years
i can see a heart sized hole inside the bottle where I'm pondering a mid night swim
i could tell you i was dying but you wouldn't know for 3 more years
liesarelies I agree with all but the last point. The trip the captain had called him on was scheduled to be 3 years long. He could have told her that she had killed him, but he decided not to. He just kissed her on the cheek and told his kids he'd be back. So she wouldn't know for three more years.
thats it.
Also, it was his wife and his brother. They were sleeping together.
Actually guys, I believe the lyrics are "Don't you bleat out an apology, you'll always be a liar to me